Lin Shenhe sighed silently, his expression was a little sad, and he said slowly: "I came to you today just to have a good talk with you about the affairs of the Seesee Society......

As a veteran general, Lin Shenhe knows a lot about the Eyesee Society. A few years ago, when the Eyesaw Society first appeared, Lin Shenhe noticed it. At that time, Li Guozhen had just been transferred. There's no way, as an organization, Mumisha is definitely going to be active externally. As long as you are active, you cannot escape everyone's eyes. Although it is said that Lu Yide is the main force of the Eye Society, most of the things are handled by Lu Yide. However, a small number of things can't completely bypass him Lin Shenhe. Anyway, he's also a general, isn't he?

In fact, many things Li Guozhen did couldn't hide from Lin Shenhe's eyes. In the past few years, he has been silently monitoring the actions of the Seemi Society, and has secretly compiled a list of materials about the Seemi Society. It's just that Lin Shenhe didn't want to expose it, so he didn't find out about it. It wasn't until Xu Xingxia suddenly rose up, broke through Ningxia City, and saw that the society disappeared, that he told the matter and the dissipation. Well, it can't be said that it has disappeared, but the main forces have been transferred to Gansu Town. The Eye Society is in Gansu Town, and it originally had a good foundation.

Xu Xingxia took the information of the Eyesight Society that Lin Shenhe handed over, and after a cursory flip through it, he couldn't help frowning and said, "Those soldiers who disappeared are Li Guozhen's secret troops?" There are as many as 400 people in total? The public identity of some people, even Dongchang Fanzi or Jinyiwei's secret agent? Hey? There are also guards in King Qing's Mansion? ”

Lin Shenhe straightened his body and said solemnly: "This is absolutely true. ”

Xu Xingxia slowly closed the information, thought for a moment, and said cautiously: "Do you have enough evidence to prove that Li Guozhen and the others are indeed going to cause trouble in Gansu Town?" ”

Lin Shenhe said in a heavy tone: "After this battle, the Sight Society has been exposed, and it is impossible to survive, so we can only make a decision and make a decisive decision." Based on my observation, Li Guozhen is still decisive. He was categorically not going to be caught. I suspect that Li Maohui is a hostage taken by Li Guozhen, or he wants to use Li Maohui's head to sacrifice the flag! ”

Xu Xingxia suddenly said with interest: "General Lin specifically told me this, is he reminding me to attack west and take the lead in occupying Gansu Town?" ”

Lin Shenhe said earnestly: "The four towns in the northwest are originally one, and they are all involved. It is unrealistic for adults to hope to occupy Ningxia Town alone. Only by taking down all the four towns can it be regarded as a corner of peace and not be constrained by outsiders. Taking the town of Gansu first can avoid the dilemma of being attacked by the enemy on the back of the abdomen, and you can concentrate on the east in the future. ”

Xu Xingxia smiled and said, "I'm afraid it's also for the safety of Xi'an Mansion!" ”

Lin Shenhe was slightly embarrassed, and understood that his mind had been seen through by Xu Xingxia. However, he did not hide it, but bluntly said: "Yes. ”

What he meant was indeed that he didn't want Xu Xingxia to continue to march to Xi'an. Xi'an Mansion and Ningxia City are different after all. Xi'an Mansion is a famous big city in the world, and the attack of the white-clothed army on Xi'an Mansion will inevitably lead to turmoil throughout the country. As a veteran, Lin Shenhe still has some feelings for the imperial court, and he doesn't want Xu Xingxia to make a mess of the general trend of the world.

Xu Xingxia stared at Lin Shenhe with blazing eyes for a moment, slowly retracted his gaze, and said quietly: "Xi'an Mansion, I'm not in a hurry. Let's talk about the situation in Gansu Town first. ”

Lin Shenhe sighed again, and said in a rather bitter tone: "Gansu Town, ......"

The situation in Gansu is actually very bad. If there is one of the four towns in the northwest, which town has the worst situation, it must be Gansu Town. In the later period of Jiajing, more than half of the local military households in Gansu Town fled. By the forty-fifth year of Wanli, the remaining military households were less than thirty percent of the Yellow Book. There is no way, the environment of the Hexi Corridor itself is indeed too bad, and the Silk Road on the road has never been smooth, causing the imperial court to basically give up here.

In fact, the establishment of any military town is closely related to interests. If there is no interest, no one will be idle to set up a military town and consume money and food in vain. The same is true for the establishment of Gansu towns. It was originally established to protect the security of the Silk Road. In the early years of the Ming Dynasty, the military strength of the Ming army was strong, and the strength of the surrounding ethnic minorities was weak, and the Silk Road was once unimpeded. Caravans from various countries in the Western Regions came to the Ming Dynasty in a steady stream to exchange things between the East and the West. The caravans of the Ming Dynasty could also freely reach the countries of the Western Regions.

However, in the Yongle period, the military strength of the Ming army began to decline, while the strength of various ethnic minorities gradually recovered. Thus, the Silk Road was cut off. As the existence of Gansu Town to protect the Silk Road, its status has been declining. Later, with the rise of the Maritime Silk Road, the land Silk Road was gradually forgotten, and the town of Gansu was gradually forgotten. Basically, the imperial court was laissez-faire and left to fend for itself.

In the heyday of Gansu Town, there were a total of 12 guards and 3 reading power thousand households, all of which added up to 63 thousand households. Each 1,000-household office has 1,120 military households, and the number of military households is not small, more than 60,000 people. plus their respective dependents, there should be two or three hundred thousand people in the entire Gansu town. However, now, these military households are basically scattered at present. It's very difficult to bring them together. The current population of Gansu town is estimated to be less than 100,000. There are also a large number of ethnic minorities.

The Hexi Corridor was originally home to many ethnic minorities. The Tatars and Uighurs from the north, the Yarkands and Kazakhs from the west, and the Tibetans and Qiang from the south are all prominent representatives. As for the minorities whose names cannot be named, the number is even higher. With so many people of different nationalities living together, it is basically impossible to get away from accidents. Therefore, the law and order in Gansu Town is itself super chaotic.

With the continuous reduction of the military strength of the Ming army, the local minority forces continued to rise up to make trouble. In areas where the situation is more serious, even the defenders of the guard post are expelled and occupy the guard post. A large number of horse thieves were rampant, burning and looting everywhere. It can be said that the current Gansu town is simply a wild place, with no morality, no law, and no order. If you are not a military household, if you don't have weapons to defend yourself, you can't survive in Gansu Town at all.

"Li Guozhen is going to cause trouble......" Xu Xingxia muttered silently in his heart.

If Li Guozhen really started an incident in Gansu Town, Xu Xingxia just used the excuse of quelling the rebellion to send troops to Ningxia Town and control Ningxia Town in one fell swoop. Of course, no one will take these excuses seriously. Isn't the White Army itself a model for starting a rebellion? However, as long as there is an excuse, it is okay to act. In the future, there will also be a topic of mediation with the imperial court.

From a strategic point of view, it would be of great benefit for the white-clothed army to take the town of Gansu. Ningxia Town's strategic room for maneuver is still too small. The entire town of Ningxia, that is, tens of thousands of square kilometers, was too narrow for the troops to maneuver strategically. The town of Gansu is different. The area of Gansu Town is dozens of times that of Ningxia Town, and the troops have a lot of room for strategic maneuver. The white-clothed army set out from the town of Gansu, and no matter which direction of the attack, it came and went freely and unrestrained.

From the perspective of resources, the sulfur and saltpeter produced in various parts of Gansu Town are of the highest quality, which is conducive to improving the current quality of explosives. The Hexi Corridor itself can also develop food production. There are a lot of them, but it is still possible to feed 300,000 people. More importantly, if the White Army controls the Hexi Corridor, it will have the opportunity to open up the land Silk Road, communicate with the countries of the Western Regions, vigorously develop land trade, and make profits.

In the past, the Silk Road was cut off because the Ming army was not strong enough to submit to the Tatars and other nomads, so they intercepted the Silk Road. Now, with the might of the White Army, it is not a problem to reopen the Silk Road. You can get in the way, as long as you're not afraid of death! If you dare to stand in the way, I will dare to kill you! Didn't the Silk Road of the Han Dynasty rely on iron and blood? Xu Xingxia can also follow suit.

Although, with the advent of the Age of Discovery, the trade volume of the Maritime Silk Road has long exceeded that of the Land Silk Road. The economic center of gravity of the Ming Dynasty has always been the southeast coast. However, this ancient trade route still has a lot to play. In particular, the connection with the landlocked countries of Central Asia could only be carried out through the Silk Road. It seems that the countries of Yarkand, Khorasan, Yuejibe, Bukhara and other countries in the Western Regions are very far from the coastline.

At the same time, from a military and strategic point of view, the Silk Road was also a road of expansion. Since the merchant can walk on this road, the army can naturally walk as well. As long as the army of the Ming Dynasty continued to march along this road, it would be able to fight all the way to the distant West Sea. Lin Shenhe didn't know about the existence of the Mediterranean, he just felt that in the far west, there should also be an ocean. From the seas of the east to the oceans of the west, it should be about the same.

I have to say that Lin Shenhe is a little selfish. This selfishness is to hope that Xu Xingxia will continue to expand to the west in the name of the Ming Dynasty army. In this way, it can not only avoid invading the Central Plains, causing chaos in the world, and making a mess of the Ming Dynasty, but also expand the territory of the Ming Dynasty, killing two birds with one stone. He believed that with the combat effectiveness of the white-clothed army, it was indeed not difficult to sweep through the countries of the Western Regions. The only thing needed was time.

Does Xu Xingxia have time? Of course. He's not even twenty years old! There is no more young overlord than him. Lin Dan Khan is several years older than him. As long as there are no accidents, in Xu Xingxia's lifetime, it will not be a problem at all to conquer the countries of the Western Regions. The key is that Xu Xingxia must have such a mind, such a **, and such a motive.

While speaking, Ming Hao hurriedly came to report: "My lord, Lin Dan Khan has retreated!" ”

(To be continued)